5 SEPTEMBER 1958, page 25

To Whom It May Concern: Poems 1952-57. By

Alan Ross. (Hamish Hamilton, 12s. 6d.) MANY new poems one sees now read like uneasy statements made in a void; they lack roots or relationships and any assurance they have often......

Minoan Script

The Decipherment.of Linear B. By John Chad- wick, (C.U.P., 18s. 6d.) HUMAN nature loves to uncover secrets, and part of the interest in archaeology at the present day is surely......